Classes – Week 1

Posted by Kalie on October 1, 2009

Week 1 courses, done.  (Done on a Thursday?  That’s right.  No Friday classes!)  After many confusing emails, dropped and added courses, and calls to UNL, I decided on a much different course schedule than my original plan.  I am now taking World Geography, Philosophy of Art and Literature, Gaelic Folklore, and Gaelic Culture.

World Geography was a course I initially signed up for with hopes that it would transfer back to UNL as a required natural resources class (whether it actually will transfer back is still unknown).  But after the first day of class, I decided the professor was far too amusing to drop the course.  He’s bloody crazy (but in the best possible way)!  Today he dumped a geography book in the trash can and jumped frantically in the air trying to imitate the Earth’s systems.  I have a feeling I won’t even be tempted to fall asleep in this class…

…Philosophy of Art and Literature on the other hand, maybe.  Luckily I only have this class once a week, with a tutorial thrown in every fortnight.  (Yes, they actually use the word fortnight here.  I still become giddy every time I say it.)  The professor is fittingly thoughtful, taking excessively long breaks mid-sentence for us and himself to ponder what he’s saying.

I have the same professor for both Gaelic Folklore and Gaelic Culture.  She has a very Scottish accent that even I sometimes have a hard time understanding.  She’s quite amusing though.  She referenced South Park on the first day of class, and often goes off on tangents about Scottish foes.  Also, on the first day she encouraged us all to learn Gaelic, marry a Gaelic-speaking mate, go off to an uninhabited Scottish island, have 14 children, speak only Gaelic to them, and unleash the Gaelic-speaking lads into the world once they reach school age.  While it’s an amusing thought, I think I’ll pass.

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